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The Serpent King

Jeff Zentner

Start date: July 7, 2016

Finish date: August 1, 2016

Why we're reading this: Overwhelming response for The Serpent King. This should be something a little new and different for us--d…more
[close] Overwhelming response for The Serpent King. This should be something a little new and different for us--don't think we've read anything set in the South yet...

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Apr 29, 2016 Sophie "Beware Of The Reader" rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: the-bests

More than 5 stars for this book given by a very good and inspired friend.

The author said about this book: ”I wanted to write about young people who struggle to lead lives of dignity and find beauty in a forgotten, unglamorous place. Who wonder what becomes of dreams once they cross the county line. This book is my love letter to those young people and anyone who has ever felt like them, no matter how or where they grew up.”
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Dec 04, 2016 Joyce Yattoni rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: realistic-fiction

I started this book then stopped for a bit as I was re-reading two class novels with my students. Jeff Zentner can write. Although this might sound like a fantasy novel, it is anything but. If you like sarcastic then Lydia is the character for you. Lydia and her two friends Travis and Dill are outsiders at their high school. Those obnoxious kids who "think their all that" take every chance to put these three amigos down. Are they different? Yes. Weird? NO. Lydia has a gift for writing, Travis lo ...more

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